“Haiti will officially become a full member of the African Union in June” and other Tweeted Links…

Haiti will officially become a full member of the African Union in June [hougansydney.com]

One-third of SF Bay Area residents hope to leave soon, poll finds [mercurynews.com]

It's now illegal to Airbnb your entire apartment in Berlin [theverge.com]

16 Organizations That Will Give You Money To Start And Grow A Business In Africa [thepycam.com] @iAyori

From Paintbox to PC: How London became the home of Hollywood VFX [arstechnica.com]

Robert Shiller: Listen Carefully for Hints of the Next Global Recession [nytimes.com]

The Top 1 Percent: What Jobs Do They Have? [nytimes.com]

“when focusing on the misinformed, just reporting the news doesn't actually solve the public's needs” [baekdal.com]

A Small Group of Journalists Control and Decide What Should Trend On Facebook [yro.slashdot.org]

The long-term effects of ugly political discussions on Facebook (2014) [arstechnica.com]

The US Is Finally Taking on Methane, Climate Change’s Hidden Villain [wired.com]

I Tried to Green My Apartment by Learning from the Weed-Growing Community [howwegettonext.com]

Uber drivers in New York can't unionize, but some are forming a labor group [theverge.com]

Australia will use the herpes virus to eradicate its out-of-control carp population [theverge.com]

Drones Being Used By Peeping Toms, The Military, And Terrorists [tech.slashdot.org]

Italian court rules food theft 'not a crime' if hungry [bbc.com]

After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight @mindovermunch [nyti.ms]

Jackie Robinson's son is happy to farm coffee in Tanzania. [sportsonearth.com] via @SportsonEarth [twitter.com]

Neuroscientists create ‘atlas’ showing how words are organised in the brain [theguardian.com]

“academics care more about producing papers than about producing anything immediately..useful for the real world” [jxyzabc.blogspot.com]

Alexandra Elbakyan: The frustrated science student behind Sci-Hub [sciencemag.org]

Are History’s “Greatest Philosophers” All That Great? [dailynous.com]

Taking a 'Gap Year' Before College Is a British Tradition That's Becoming a Big Trend In The US [news.slashdot.org]

Why European Children Are Quieter [acculturated.com]

How Europe Exported the Black Death [sciencemag.org]

Slaves Lynched for Absurd Reasons: The Saxe Joiner Story [blackthen.com]

Wheatley-Provident Hospital: First Medical Facility to Serve Black Community of Kansas City, Missouri [blackthen.com]

Who invented the ATM cash machine? I did – and all I earned was £10 [theguardian.com]

Did You Know That Thousands Of Free Black People Were Killed In Concentration Camps In The U.S? [lordrakim.wordpress.com]

RAW @mreeuh 2014: [youtube.com]

@KinteSpace haaa that company sucks, can i get a show w u?

@mreeuh@megafunkmega yeah and yes -u on the list

African abstraction is a tool to bring us closer to real world relations -European abstraction is too often used to remove us, alienate.

The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee [on.natgeo.com] via @NatGeo

recommended by @ColliderVideo Jedi Council on Kindle: Bloodline (Star Wars) by Claudia Gray [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

Book Review: A Brief History of Seven Killings [youtu.be] [Khia comments]

A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel by Marlon James [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

recommeded by @ReadEngDee: The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

see all of @ReadEngDee recommendations: [bookdepository.com]

see @ReadEngDee in POLISHED HOE group chat: [youtube.com]

Madagascar vanilla and triple chocolate (crunchy) #glutenfree #vegan brownies: [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

also on @Netflix: Tracey Heggins and @wyattcenac in Medicine for Melancholy [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

also on @netflix (not vinyl): Brooklyn by @wyattcenac [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

also on @netflix: Through a Lens Darkly [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

Wholesome Chow Gluten-free and Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (2 Pack) [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

Parag Khanna: megacities [youtube.com]

Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization by Parag Khanna [amazon.com] [twitter.com]

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